Waldenbooks at CherryVale to close Jan. 5

The Waldenbooks store at CherryVale Mall will close Jan. 5, according to company officials.

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The Waldenbooks store at CherryVale Mall will close Jan. 5, according to company officials.

It’s part of an effort that was announced in March by parent company Borders Group to close underperforming Waldenbooks stores. More than 200 Waldenbooks stores have been closed this year, and only 328 remain.

The company will try to move as many local employees as possible to the Borders store at 199 Deane Drive in Rockford, corporate spokeswoman Kolleen O’Meara said.

The CherryVale Waldenbooks store has a closing sale going on now: 25 percent off for returnable items such as books and electronics and 50 percent off for nonreturnable items such as bargain books, plush animals and periodicals.

The Waldenbooks location got new competition at the mall last month when Barnes & Noble opened a 31,000-square-foot store in The District at CherryVale at the southwestern end of the mall.